Forty years Ibrahim Idris,
was sentenced to death by hanging for killing a six-year-old girl after failed attempt
to rape her.
Idris was dragged to the court, presided over by Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the state Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Dawud Yakubu, who charged him with culpable homicide, an offence contrary to section 221 of the state law.
Idris was dragged to the court, presided over by Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the state Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Dawud Yakubu, who charged him with culpable homicide, an offence contrary to section 221 of the state law.
Dawud told the court that
on September 14, 2012, the accused called the deceased, Asiya Mohammed, into
his room with the intention to rape her.
He said when she refused he
used a knife to sever her head, put it in a polythene bag and threw it into a
water channel.
He said the body of the
deceased was recovered and taken to General Hospital, Darazo, for post-mortem
examination before it was later handed over to her parents for burial.
He called five witnesses
and presented the axe and knife the accused used to cut the head of the
deceased as exhibits and the witnesses testified that he made a confessional
statement.
In her judgement, Justice
Bogoro said the confessional statement of the accused was direct, adding that
the prosecutor proved his case beyond all reasonable doubt and sentenced the
accused to death by hanging.
Justice Bogoro said: “I, hereby, sentence you to death by
hanging, but you have the right to appeal within 30 days.”
Killing is too harsh prison sentence appropriate.
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